Sackett v. EPA. In the spring of 2007, Michael and Chantell Sackets prepared to build a house on their property in Idaho. However, after they began filling in preparation for foundation work and before they broke ground, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned the Sacketts that their property was a “wetland” protected by the Clean Water Act. The EPA issued an administrative order directing the Sacketts to remove the fill, restore the property to the condition it had been in, and wait three years to apply for a permit to build on their property. The administrative order provided for a $75,000 fine per day if they failed to comply with it. The Sacketts objected to the administrative order and claimed that their property was not a “wetland” and the EPA had no jurisdiction over it under the Clean Water Act. The question of what is a “wetland” has been muddled since the case of Rapanos v. United States in 2006. ...
The EPA need their tyrannous snout smacked, and the asses whupped and handed to them.
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. This case involves a Colorado woman named Lori Smith who started a web design business in 2012 with the express purpose of promoting causes consistent with her beliefs, such as supporting children with disabilities, the beauty of marriage, overseas religious missions, animal shelters, and veterans. Her website designs that celebrate marriage only celebrated marriage between a man and a woman. She has claimed that she only designs websites that promote causes that she supports and her decisions are not based on who asks her to design a website. She says that, as an artist, she has the right to decide what to create. After watching Colorado use its human rights law to punish Masterpiece Cakeshop because the owner refused to bake cakes for same sex weddings, she sued to prevent enforcement of the Colorado statute against her limitation of wedding web sites to weddings between a man and a woman. ...
The USSC needs to smack the sex-preference-activists down so clear and hard that they and their bureaucrat allies are driven though the Earth at WashDC and pop out in the Indian Ocean.
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina are cases involving universities that discriminate against East and South Asians to limit their numbers in admissions. The unis need to be smacked down clearly and absolutely.
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross. In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, which prohibits the sale of pork products in California unless the pig it comes from was born to a sow housed with at least 24 square feet of space and in conditions that allow the sow to turn around freely without touching her enclosure. The National Pork Producers Council claims that this law discriminates against non-California pork producers and places an undue burden on the interstate sale of pork products. California counters that the law only regulates pork products sold in California and does not regulate sales of pork products sold elsewhere and how pigs are bred elsewhere. ...
Correcting the common lack of clarity when such things are spoken of, this California voter and many others voted against Proposition 12. The State of California, similarly minded states, and the Feds need to be forced to get off farmers' ass! Most city people are clueless about what and how farmers do their thing and should not be dictating either. The USSC needs to smack the California gooberment down so clear and hard that elected officials and their bureaucrat enforcers are driven though the Earth at WashDC and pop out in the Indian Ocean, no rafts, no Mae Wests.
Texas v. United States. This case deals with the challenge by Texas to the guidelines for immigration enforcement set by the Department of Homeland Security and whether the guidelines violate the Administrative Procedure Act. The lower court stayed the enforcement of the guidelines adopted by the Biden administration and the government is seeking a lifting of the stay. It is clear that the power to establish immigration law rests in Congress and the power to enforce immigration law rests in the Executive branch. Guidelines had been established during the Trump administration with the “Stay in Mexico” policy, so this case deals with the ability of a new administration to revise the guidelines and establish new guidelines. The Administrative Procedures Act has a process for adopting regulations and Texas claims these procedures were not followed. The federal government responds that they have not adopted new regulations but instead have made discretionary decisions about the best way to enforce federal immigration law.
LIEden's weasels need to be clubbed and skinned.
